Improved hay-loading device



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gated @attira AARON BINGHAM CLARK, OF GRASS LAKE, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 103,844, fla-tell June 7 1870.

IMPROVED HAY-LOADING DEVICE.

The Schedule' referred to in these Letters Patnt and making part of the lame To whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON BINGHAM CLARK, of Grass Lake, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invent-ed Aa newaud useful Improvement'in Hay-loading Device; and I do hereby declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to thev accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 shows my device in perspective and in operation, unloading hay from a wagon.

Figure 2 shows my tripping-deviceenlarged.

Figure 3, a plan ofthe back side of the same.

Like letters indicatelike part-s in each figure.

The nature of this inventionrelatcs to an improved method of removing hay from wagons or carts to the barn or stack; and

lt consists- First, in dividing the hay-rack of the wagon into sections, by means of uprightstandards, which are provided with cross-ties, into which are driven, or otherwise secured, spurs or hooks, upon which rest ropes or cords, so arranged that, when the section is filled with hay, the ends of said ropes may be detached from the spurs and secured to a hoisting and tripping-device, by means of which the hay may be lifted from the wagon and deposited where desired, the hay being bound or baled-by sa'id rope, and firmly held in its passage.

Second, in a new, novel, and ingenious hoisting apparatus, to be employed for lifting and depositing said hay.

In the accompanying drawing is shown-a hay-rack, which may be of any desiredv form or construction,

provided with upright standards. A, by means of which the rack is longitudinally dividedinto sections of convenient size.

Into the cross-ties a of these standards are driven or otherwise secured lthe spurs b b.

The tops of the standards are provided with similar spurs or hooks b' 1)'. y B is a rope, 4each end of which is provided with a ring, c. rlhis rope should be about three times in length of the distance between the standards, and is folded, the center bight of which is hung over the spurs b, while the ends with the rings attached hang over the cross-tie of the next standard, allowing the slack of the rope to rest upon the bottom of the rack.

When the.` section of the rack between any two of the standards A: has been partially lled with hay, a similar rope, whose bight is hung'over the spurs b',

l is provided and placed in a similar manner, when the'section may be lled with hay to the top of the standards.

Each of the sections between the standards may and should be similarly arranged.

C is a metallic frame', provided with a loop, d, hy means of which it is suspended at any desired point.y

To this frame are secured proper ears or lugs, e,to which are secured or journaled the pulleys f.

D is a dog, pivoted to the frame at g, and is provided with anotch, It upon its rear side.

E is a bell-crank, also pivoted tothe frame at i, and is provided with a latch, k, which isdesigned to engage withthe notch h upon the dog.

F is a spring, one end of which is securedat l to the frame, whilethe other end rests against the long arm of the bell-crank, and compels the engagement of the latch with the notch, except when tlie same is tripped, which is done by means of the'trippingdine G, one end oi' which is fastened to the end of the long arm of the bell-crank, and thence, passiugover the pulley ou, falls within reach ofthe operator. v

We will suppose that a wagon has beerrloaded, as before described, and it is desired to transfer the same to the hay-mow or stack, and that the hoisting-'apparatus is suspended in place. The operator, on the load, takes the rings c at .the ends ot' the rope 15, and slips them onto the dog D, and then takes thebight of the rope from the spurs b', and engages it with the hook n, which is secured to the end ot' the hoistingrope H, which passes over the pulleysf lhe tea-m, being att-ached to the other end of' the rope H, which may run through intermediate pulleys if' required, walks away, lifting the hay, in the form of a bale, suspended in the slack of the rope B, as in a cradle. y

When elevated to the proper position, the'operator, by pulling the tripping-line G, disengages the latch k from the dog D, when the rings c slip off, allowing the hay to fall' where desired.

What I ciaimas niyinvention, and desire to sccure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a hay-rack, the standards A, dividing said rack into equal sect-ions, as described, and provided with cross-ties a and spurs b b', when arranged for the purpose herein specified.

2. -In combination with said rack, so provided with cross-ties and spurs, therope B, provided with rings c, and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. In combination with said rack A and rope B, constructed as described, the hoisting and trippingapparatus, wherein the frame C, dog D, bell-crank E, spring F, tripping-line G, and hoisting-rope LI are arranged relatively to each other, and operating substantially as herein set forth and shown;

, AARON BINGHAM CLARK.

Witnesses:

Trios. S. SPRAGUE, SAML. J. SPRAY,

FREDERICK EBEnTs. 

